Cap for magazine-tools.



' PATBNTBD JUNE 25,'1907.

No. 858,131.v

11. J; MUEBLE. GAP PoR MAGAZINE TooLs.

APPLICATION FILED JAH. 8, 1906.

- of the shown, or of the y Without departing IINITED STATES lPATENT oPEIcE.

HENRY J. AIoHELE, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssIGNoR To NORTH BROTHERS MAN UFACTU PENNSYLVANIA,

RING COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, A CORPORATION OF'PENNSYILVANIA. l

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25,1907.

To all whom it mjaiyconcern.-

`Be it known that I, HENRY J.- AronELE, `a citizen of the United States, -residing in.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented' certain mprovements inaps for Magazinel Tools, of which the following is a specica? tion.

My invention relates to certain im rovements in screw drivers .or other handle tools, in which a magazine is contained Within the body ofthe handle.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable cap for the magazine which will not interfere with the hand while the screw driver is in use and yet canbe readily withdrawn when it is desired to gain access to the magazine. This object I attain in thefollowing manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which 1- l Figure 1,'is aside view, partly'in section, of a screw driver illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, is a view showing the handle reversed -so as to allow the cap to be readily removed,-

F 1g. 3, is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the cap entirely removed; Fig. 4, is a detached vievir of modiiications of is a viewof a modification in which a catch on the cap is arranged to enter a recess in the walls of the magazine.

v A is the handle of a screw driver, A is the shank having, -in the present instance, a detachable point b. It will be understood that the screw driver may be of the plain type as ratchet type as desired, from my invention,

. In the type of screw driver illustrated the points b are made detachable and are of different widths and the separate points are contained in the magazine B, as shown in Fig. 1.

his magazine is made by boring out t e handle, as illustrated in Fig. 3, and in ord r to retain the points within, the magazine "I provide a cap D, this cap in the present/f instance has alange d which rests on the end ofthe handle and is preferably so sha ed as lto conform to the outline of the hand e and the cap has a deep flange d which also acts as .a receptacle for the different points of the retaining ring; Figs, 5 and 6, are viewsthe invention, and Fig. 7,

force, the deep flange form an annulargroove a/in the handle some distance from the end, as shown in the draw ing, and insert in this groove a spring ring c, Fig. 4, the ring projecting partly into 'the mal'gazine B. f

he cap D has an elongated annular recess d2 in the walls of the flange d so that When the cap D is forced into the magazineB it' will spread the ring c vand can be pushed past the rlng until the annular recess dzcomes in line with the ring, when the ring will return to its normal position and rest in the recess, the ring allowing the ca to drop 'the full de th into themagazine IB when 1n the uprig t position,'as shown in Fig. 1. The end of the flange d is' beveled and the edges of the recess are also beveled so that the cap can be lforced past the split ring.

' It Would be impossible to readily remov the cap Without an instrument and this defeet Would make the scre w driver impracticable, but by making the annular groove elongated, as shown, so that when it is wished to remove the cap all that is necessary is to inveit the screw driver, as shown in Fig. 2, the cap will then drop out until the shoulder e comes in contact with the ring c, thus the cap is projected suiliciently to allow the hand to gras thecap and ull it out ast the ring by P p being slpifcient to hold the several detachable points, the points eX- tending beyond the cap suiiiciently to alloW them to be selected.'

While I have illustrated my invention as applied to a detachable point screw driver it will be understood that it can be used in connection with a drill or other" tool having detachable points or bits.

The flange may be a short ange extending only a short distance beyond the annular redess, as indicated in Fig. 5, or may extend the full depth of the magazine, or, in some instances, a fixed projection may be formed on the body of the handle and the iiange of the y cap may have a series of longitudinal slots cut'therein, as shown in Fig. 6, so that the flange Will consist kof a series of spring iingers. This modification may be made without devention.

While I have shown the-` cap with an annn-` lar ange d in addition to the deep .'ange-d* 2 IOC parting from the essential feature of myhinin some instances theiflange d may be dispensed with.

In some instances I may provide a spring projection da'on the flange of the cap D as illustrated in Fig. 7, and form a groove in the handle, the groove being of such a Width as to allow a certain amount of lost motion that the cap will be projected when the handle is inverted, then by pulling upon ther cap the spring will be compressed so as to allow the cap to be bodily withdrawn from the handle.

I claimz- 1.v The combination of a magazine, a'removable flanged cap, the fiange extending into the magazine, means for locking the cap to the body of the magazine, said lock having lost motion so that on the inversion of the Jnagazine the cap will be projected a sufficient distance to be grasped by the hand, substantially as described. j

-2. The combination of a magazine, a projection extending into the magazine, a removable flanged cap, the ange fitting in the magazine and having a wide groove into which the projection extends so'as to lock the cap in positioni but to allow it to have a certain limited movement when the magazine is inverted, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a magazine having an interior recess in its wall some distance from the one end thereof, a ring mounted in the recess and projecting into the magazine,

a removable flanged cap for closing the maffal zine, said flange having a wide annuIar groove to allow for a certain amount of lost motion whereby when said magazine is inverted the cap will project beyond the end of.

the magazine, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of a magazine having an internal annular groove, a sprlng Aring mounted in the groove and projectin into the hollow of the magazine, a removab e cap having a fiange adapted to enter the magal zine, the said fiange having a relatively'wide anriular groove into which the ring extends, said groove \being so placed that when the magazine is upright the outer surface of the cap will be fiush with the outside surface thereof, but will project when the magazine is inverted, substantlally 'as described.

5. The combination of a magazine having an internal annular groove, a spring ring mounted in the groove, a removable cap having a relatively deep fiange, a relatively wide annularrecess in the flange cf the cap having its edges beveled and the end of the fiange being beveled so that the cap can be forced past the spilt ring and the ring will rest in the groove of the cap, there being sufficient lost motion to allow the cap to be fiush with the outside surface of the ring when this is in an upright position and when said magazine is inverted to permit said cap to project beyond the end of the magazine so that itican be readily grasped, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in'the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY 'JQ AICHELE. 

